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The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang
3.0

The final and most difficult book of my Trans Rights Readathon! This book drops you right into the action of Misery’s life, in a far distant dystopian future, and you have to suspend disbelief to get into the heart of the story. I found myself needing all my concentration to get through this story — the sheer number of pronouns was the first obstacle; but once you get further into the world building, it’s barely background noise. I also couldn’t keep track of the military ranks and church positions, let alone all the bases and constellations and probably some made up words in there too. I still don’t know what a nixen is.
Not a very satisfying ending, for me. But I heard it was based off Joan of Arc, and I don’t know how that story starts or ends either.